Summary:
ZIP code 97124 in Hillsboro, Oregon contains two public middle schools — Evergreen Middle School and J W Poynter Middle School — both serving grades 7–8 within Hillsboro School District 1J and enrolling about 1,431 students combined. Both schools carry 2-star ratings in the most recent state ranking, while the district is rated 3 stars and ranks 69th of 141 in Oregon, at the 51st percentile. Neither school stands out as a high performer against state benchmarks, so the more useful comparison is between the two.
Evergreen is the stronger and more balanced of the pair on math, attendance, and resources. Its all-grades math proficiency is 32.3%, compared with Poynter's 26.5%, and its 8th-grade math score of 32.3% is well above Poynter's 23.5%. Evergreen also has notably better attendance: chronic absenteeism of 27.7% versus Poynter's 33.3%, and below both the district's 31.8% and the state's 33.5%. Evergreen spends $18,837 per student compared with $18,396 and has a slightly smaller student-teacher ratio, 21.0 versus 21.7. It ranks 214th of 371 schools (42nd percentile) against Poynter's 235th of 371 (37th percentile).
Poynter's edge is in English language arts: 36.1% all-grades ELA versus Evergreen's 33.6%, and 36.8% in 8th-grade ELA versus 32.2%, though 7th-grade ELA is nearly tied at 35.5% and 35.1%. Both schools trail the district and state in ELA and score 26.2% in science, above the district's 25.5% but below the state's 30.6%. Both serve high-poverty populations, with free/reduced lunch rates of 67.45% and 69.13%. In short, Evergreen is the better-attended, more balanced school, while Poynter is stronger in reading.
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